Shannon Airport is suffering because of the dominant position of Dublin Airport, Limerick economists have said.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) and a community group have ambitious plans to bring more tourists to a stately home in Co Cork, with the hope of attracting up to 900,000 people annually to it within the next seven years.

Around 300 jobs are up for grabs at Dublin Airport, with the construction of its new North runway.

If there’s anything guaranteed to start a fight between regional and capital cities, it’s a proposal — or even just talk about a proposal — for a major capital expenditure development, ideally involving railways and aviation.

Management at Dublin Airport are rubbishing a suggestion that a new terminal is needed in the near future.

RYANAIR is offering to add around 14 more routes at Shannon if the airport agrees to pay the airline for new passengers.

CONTACTS were continuing yesterday between Aer Lingus and the Department of Enterprise concerning a controversial ‘leave and return’ redundancy deal involving 715 workers at the airline in 2008.

IN justifying his decision in 2007 to enter government Green Party leader John Gormley cited advice given to him during coalition negotiations by Mary Harney, a woman who at that stage had been a senior minister for 10 years (and who had been a junior minister earlier in her career).

THE much criticised air travel tax is to be slashed from €10 to €3 per passenger in a bid to boost ailing tourism numbers.

TAX bills have been issued to some Aer Lingus staff by the Revenue Commissioners as it believes a controversial 2008 redundancy scheme was not valid.

FIANNA Fáil are “scumbags” according to Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary and there’s no way he’ll be voting for them.

A MAJOR row has broken out between Ryanair and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) over discounts and passenger numbers.

LARGE parts of the country will have a white Christmas Day as sub-zero temperatures over the next three days rule out a thaw.

IRELAND is this morning bracing itself for yet more weather woes as the worst snow storms in a generation continue to cripple the country.

SHANNON Airport Authority “should 100% receive” the €3.5 million Ryanair paid to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) for breach of the five-year contract with Shannon Airport on passenger charges.

SHANNON Airport received a major boost yesterday with the news that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is seeking tenders from third parties to establish a cargo facility at the airport.

THE chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has warned that if the country’s three state airports secure their autonomy, the country will end up with one airport after not very long.

FOLLOWING Michael O’Leary’s latest broadside at Shannon and its dealings with his airline, a member of the airport authority yesterday invited the Ryanair boss to sit down and talk business.

THE prospect of establishing a cargo hub at Shannon Airport has received a massive boost.